Typographical machine



June 28, 1932. H A, BUR-r 1,864,799

TYPOGRAPHIGAL MACHINE Filed Oct. l, 1930 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 f/ www H. A. BU RT June 28, 1932.

TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE June 28, 1932. A, BUR-|- TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE Filed Oct. l, 1930 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 tailed description to follow,

Patented June 28, 1932 UNITED STATES liia'rlzia'r OFFICE HAROLD A. Briar, or sr. ALBANs, new YORK; nssIGN'on munnemrrnnnnn LINOTYPE y Y COMPANY, nieonreganrron ornnw Yom: *f Y frirroennrgrcnn immun Application mea October 1, 1930. Seriarnmasassi.

My invention relates to typographicalniacliines, such as linotype machines of the general Organization represented in Letters Patent of the United States No.,'436,532, toQ.

,.lllergenthaler, wherein circulatingrmat'ries are released from a magazine in the orderin which their characters are to appear 'infprint and then assembled in line, the l,com osed line transferred to the face of a mol the mold filled with molten metal to form a slug or linotype against the matrices which produce the type characters thereon, and thematriccs thereafter elevated and returned through distributing mechanism to the magazine from which they started. l

More particularly, it relates to magazines which are movably arranged so that any selected one thereof may liebrought into operative relation to the assembling and distributing devices; and its chief Objectis to provide an improved form of mechanism for effecting this movement of the magazines, as will be more fully described in the de- @ed V.fureur pointed out in the claims. f

In the accompanying drawinvs,1 ,li`a`ve shown my invention in :preferirei form, and by way Of example, and as applied to alinetype machine, but obviously manyfclianges and variations may be made therein', and in its mode of application, which willV still be comprised within its spirit. Thus, the details thereof may be. Widely varied and it may be adapted to Other'forms of typographical machines, such as typesetters, type-casters and the likawhich handle type .AQIdies instead of matrices. Generallyspeakingl Y 7:. e, gary mgmg'e desire it tO he understood that doinotfliln'it myself to any specific formY Orfemhodiment, except in so far as such iimitationsarefspecilied in the claims. i i* Referring to the drawings: Y Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a linotype machine havingV my invention applied thereto; Y'

Fig. 2 is a similar View, On anAenlarged scale, of the magazine shift frame :andits `raising and lowering mechanism;

habias of machines equipped with n Yplurali-tl? :of i

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i all connected, y'pair of ItmaV VModellaV type. y F

.Fig 3 is a detail View taken On the line A3 3 Of Fig. 2;

Fig 4 is a plan view of the parts shown in Figi;Y Y f Y Fig. 5 isanenlgr ed cross section taken 55 Vl'isa similr td Fig. 2, but showparts in an elevated position", and

Fig. fris a 'transverse vertical section taken on the line VTe-7 Of F Vig. 6.

The matrices X are stored according to font or Otherwise in the magazines A, three of which arelshown herein, but of which a grea er or less number might be employed it' desired',V YTheseveral magazines are remov- ,65

abl nte'cf 113cm Vsepa-rate,base frames B, as' Offlips or`,shouldersBV1 rising fro i f Viaard or'l'oyver'ends ofthe Vbase Ines and engaging in .front of cross ribs Or plates A attached to the undersides of i 70 the magazines. The three base frames B are as by means Of screws B2, to a side plates C,these parts thus constituting a rigidV shift frame for the magazines. The .shift frame is in turn mounted 75 l erleieled Supporting `frame D riv i d at its'uprs? algas MB1, mths machine is@ aditel Ychine flem;

loosely Vat its lower end y Y fher be stated thatV the magazines so Aare O rectangular shape andof the short variety, being intended for use as auxiliary magazines in machines Of the commercial orl this reason, there is em- 35 VVplayed onnecti'on'with'themagazines a channe'j r E which serves to'conthereof with the customrrance F leading from the mechanism G. Aswill he noted L.no

fronijlig.Y y hj'the magazine entrance F .andthe channeledcondnctor E are mounted directly Onfthe supporting frame D;

inthe embodiment illustrated, the magazines are; eaclfrY Vjrovided with a xed'banlr of lmi escapernents which are adapted tO be actuated by acommon series of ivoted levers H1 operated from the main 15e board (not shown) through rockfing hails 2 reeds H3, .and smalfjntermediate levers. ISince 10G Vivso these parts are Well knoWn and form no part of the present invention, any further description would be superfluous, but if desired reference may be had to the Kennedy Patent No. 1,565,244fpr fuller information With respect to the keyboard connections. assembler entrance 'l isarrang'cd to receive the matrices as they7 are released from the maga--w zines and carry themito theomposlng or as-J.

sembling mechanism. Y n

ln selecting one or another of the magazines for use, the shift framesraised and lowered Within the fixed sup orting frame D to bring the selected magamneinto registration With the assembler entrance l` at the front and the channeled conductor E at the back. Thus, in Fig. l:F the lotvermost magazine is shown in operative position.

The Vmechanism forV raising and lowering the magazine shift frameis of improved form and will no7 be described. Journaled in the supporting frame D centrally below the magazine shift frame is av rotary shaft O having fast thereon a single pair'c'rf'calns'O1 arranged to cooperate with a similarY pair of rollers O'journaled on a cross rod()El secured at its opposite ends to the two side plates C of the maffazine shift frame (see particularly Fig. 5). Vnrrounding theV shaft C)S is a powerful torsionspring()V V'fixed at one end thereto and atitslopposite end to the frame and tending to Arotatethe cam system to raise the magazines and thus counterbalance their weight. The shaft VO is extended to the right beyond*thecorrespondingside plate C of the magazine shift VframeV and is'connected by'a systeml of reducing 'gears indicated generally by the reference letter OHto a shaft O5 provided with anropera'ting handle or hand lever J. Thisarran'gementfnot only enables :the operator to Vshift themagazines uniformly and with little el'ort,V bntlthe reducing gears are so proportioned asto allow the operating handle to occupy the erposition after its operation irrespective o the magazine selected, whichH feature is of] importance in effecting the proper cooperation of the handle with the locking mechanism next to be described.

The handle J (see Fig. 3) is provided With aspiring-pressed grip lll having a datent M1 which is adapted toengage in a recess N1 of a lockingV plate 'N72 mounted in afblockV N fixed to the side of lthe supporting frame D.

' The block N is formed with beveled cuts N3 Vto engage the detent M1 and push itY outwardly es the handle is rotated, so that it Ymay snapautomatically into the recess N1 'whenjit comes into alignment therewith.

Inolfderto insure that a `selected magazine be located Vin proper position[ construct the locking mechanism so that the handle J cannot be engaged'rthe'rewith atfany other time. To this end the locking plate N2 `(seeparticularly Figs. 2' and 6) is slidably arranged nhand, when any one ofthe magazines is in in the block N and is connected by an arm N* to a rotary disk N5 fast to one of the gear shafts N6. The timing of the parts is such that When any one of the magazines is in operative position, the locking plate N2 will present its recess N] in alignment with the beveled cuts N3 (as in Fig. 2), or in position to'errgage the detcnt Ml When the handle J has made a complete turn. On the other inoperative position, the locking plate N2 will present its recess Nl out of alignment with the beveled cuts N3 (as in Fig. (l), or out of position te engage the detent lll1 when the handle J has made a complete turn. In this` connection it may be noted that tivo complete rotations of the handle J are required to effect a change from one magazine to the next one, so that unless the operator compTletes both these rotations the locking plate 2 will remain in inactive position and the handle cannot be engaged in the recess N1.

In many respects the improvements above described are the same as those presented in the Kennedy Patent No. 1,212,500, but they Vdiil'er therefrom in important particulars and as brought out more in detail in the appended claims.

Improved means for guiding the magazine shift frame as it is raised and lowered Within the fixed supporting frame D are also provided as follows. At the front, the side plates C are formed with a pair of long pai-aL lel tracks C1, and at the rear with a similaipair of shorter parallel tracks C21.' as Weil asV 100 at their lower ends near the center with a third pair of tracks C3. The front tracks C1 make running contact with two pairs of rollers d1 journaled in massive brackets D3 rising from the supporting frame D at its 105 opposite edges, and the rear tracks C2 make running contact with a single pair of rollers d2 also journaled in the brackets D3. The third pair of tracks C3 make sliding contact with a pair of guide members da (see Fig. Q) o carried by the supporting frame D at its opposite edges. The tracks Il"3 and guide menibers d3 might be dispensed with if desired. but they serve the useful purpose of preventing the shift frame from turningor twisting 115 about a transverse axis in the event that undue resistance is offered to the up and down movements of the magazine shift frame. Each of the brackets D3 is provided on its inner face With a pair of adjusting screws 120 D* bearing against the outer faces of the side plates C, and serving to locate the shift frame 1n proper lateral position.V In this connection it may be stated that the rollers (Z1 and mentioned.

. guide pieces K1 message ,Y air of upstanding beveldfguided members which serve to center the magazine thereon when it is placed on the base frame in the act of interchanging magazines. The centering of the two lower magazines upon their respective base frames iseifected by similar (which may or may not be beveled at their forward ends) attached to the inner faces of the side plate; Clpf the magazine vshift frame.

y The two upper magazines may be removed with little or no difiiculty; Thus, in the case ofthe top magazine, it need merely'be lifted sufficiently at its lower end to enable the cross bar A1 to clear the retaining lips or shoulders B1 on the base frame. The same is true of the second magazine, except that before it can be removed the shift frame must be raised Ysuilicientl to locate the magazine abovethe :levelof t e assembler' entranceI, as'fore'xample in lig.v 1. magazine shift mechanism however is n- The rangeof'action of the sufficient to locate the lowermost or bottom magazine above the level of the assembler entrance, and hence it is proposed (as in the Kennedy Patent No. 1,16459) to swing the entire magazine structure upwardly from its normal position in the machine frame. This is the reason (altho not the only reason) for mounting the shift frame inthe s ecial supporting frame D, which because ofpits pivotal mounting in the machine'fram'e can be Vswung upwardly about its pivotal point D1 before In the present instance,- Asuch swinging movement of the supporting framev is effected (Figs. 1 and 5) by means of a hand lever L fast to a short shaft L1 journaled in the machine frame and having an arm L2 pivotally connected to a long link L8 depending from the shaft O in the supporting frame. The link Ls and arm L2 function asa toggle which isV straightened outib the depression' of the hand lever L andV li:V tsthe'partsthe required distance, all as shown'by the dotted lines in Fig. 1. When depressed, the hand V lever L brings up against a fixed stop L4 on to engage in the machine frame and holds the toggle in its extended position, but if desired the hand lever may be locked in its depressed'position by a detent L1 carried thereby and arranged a hole or reeessL1 formed in a lug L7 depending from the machine frame. Before swinging the supporting frainfD upwardly in the manner )ust described, theV ma azine shift frame should be: elevated "to itsYYY fullyeXt-ent by theoperation of the handle J i so as to locate the lowermost magazine (the one to be removed) in operative relation to the assembler entrance I; otherwise a greater swinging movement of the supporting frame would be necessary. To insure that this is done, locking means are provided for preventing the operation of the hand lever L eX- upwardly the: hand lever L may eelp'trwhen thleweimos't magazine sin opodimentillus 'trated such lookin means consists oa foreand-aft latch' memIicr P pivoted centrally as at P1 to the machine frame (see Yparticularly Figs. 1 and 5). t its rear end, the latch member is formed with a hook P2 which engages behind the hand lever L when in its elevated position; and at its forward end the latch memberisformed with a bevled or calm surface P11 arranged in position tobe engaged by'a screw P* mounted transversely V1n an arm' P11V attached to-'the rotary cam 'shaft 0. A spring P, pulling on the rear end of the latch member, Vserves normally to hold it in locking'position. According to this simple arrangement, when the shaft O is rotated to bringeither Vof the two upper magazines in operative position, the screw P fails (because of the insufficient rotation of the shaft) to engage the latch member P and hence any attemptY to swingVl the supporting frame I) will be frustrated by "the latch member-1' Whenhowever the shaftz is rotated to its full extent to locate the lowermost magazine in operative position, the screw P will engage the beveled end P3 of the latch member and, by rocking it about its central pivot P1, will move the hook P2 clear of the hand lever L. Under such conditions (the parts being in theirl proper position), be depressed to rock Ythesupporting frame D upwardly about its pivot D1 ,and thus locate the lower-most magazine' above the assembler entrance I in position for removal. While the locking latch P, in the present embodiment, subserves a special function, the invention in a broader sense contemplates any means for preventing the swinging movement of the supporting frame except when the magazines occupy a given shifted position therein, or stated differently, anyV means for permitting or preventing suchmovement of the supporting frame according Vtofthe shifted position of the magazines. y Y Y Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of magazines, and a supporting frame therefor movably mounted in the machine frame, said magazines being shi ft able relatively to the supportin g frame to bring'one-Aor another thereof into operative` position, withmeans for moving the supV orting frame from `its normal position to fired itate the VYremoval'of the magazines, together with means for y yreventing such movement of the supporting rame except when the magazines occupy a given shifted sition therein.

2. In atypographical mac ine, the combination of a plurality ofmagazines, and a supporting frame therefor movably mounted in the machine frame, said magazines beingl shiftable relatively to the supporting frame to bring oneor another thereof into operative .gela

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, supporting frame therefor movably mounted position, with means for moving-the supporting frame from its normal'position to facilitate the removal of the magazines, together with means for permitting or preventing snch movementV of the supporting frame according to the shifted position of the magazines.

3. In a typographical-machine, the combination of a plurality of Vmagazines, and a in the machine frame,rmeans carried by the supporting frame for shifting the magazines relatively thereto yto bring one orY another into operative position, with means for moving the supporting `frame from its normal` position to facilitate theremoval of the magazines, together with means for `preventing such movement of the supporting frame except when the magazines occupy a given shifted position therein.

4. In aV typographical machine, the combination of a plurality offmagazines, and a supporting frame therefor movably mounted in the machine frame, Vmeans Ycarried by the supporting frame Afor shifting the magazines relatively thereto to bling one orl another into operative position, With, meansjfor moving the supporting frame fromiits` normal position to facilitate the removalrof the magazines, together With means for permitting or preventing such movement ofthe supporting frame according toV theshifted-position of the magazines. Y

5. In a typographical machinmthe combination of a pluralityfof magazines, and a supporting frame therefor 'movablyV mounted in the machine frame, meanscarried by the supporting frame for shifting-the magazines relatively thereto to bring one orA another into operative position, with means for moving the supporting frame from'its normal position to facilitate theremoval-of the magazines, the said means comprising a hand lever mountedV in the machine frame andrconnections therefrom to the supporting-iframe,

together with means for locking Vthe hand lever against operation except when the magazines occupy -a `given shifted positicn with reference to the supporting frame.

(i. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of magazines, and a supporting frame therefor movably mounted in the machine frame, means carried by the supporting frame for'shifting the magazines relatively thereto to bring one or another into operative position, with means for moving e the supporting frame from its normal position to facilitate'the removal of the magazines, the said means comprising a hannl'leverV mounted infthelmachine frame and 'connections therefrom Ytothe supporting frame, to-

gether with locking means for permitting or preventing the operation of the hand lever lYer(wording `ilo-tile shifted position 0f the inagagrines.E

\ A7. `In a-,typo raphical machine, the combination ofarpfurality of magazines, and a sup ortllg frame therefor movably mounted:

in t e lmachine frame, means carried by the supporting frame for shifting the magazines l relatively thereto to brin one or another into operative position, wit 1 means for moving the supporting frame from its normale 35 bination of assembling devices, a plurality of-r superposed magazines, and means for raising and low-vering the magazines to bring one or another lnto `operative relation to the assembling devices, with further means for lifting the magazines as a Whole above the level oio the assembling devices, together with means for preventing such lifting of the magazines except Whenirthe lovvermost magazine is in operative relation to the assembling devices.

.9. In a JCYPOgraphical machine, the com- -Ybination of assembling devices, a plurality of superposed magazines, and means for raislng and lowering the magazlnes to bring one or another into operative relation to the assembling devices, with further means for li'ft-v 100 ing the magazines as a Whole above the level of the assembling devices, together with locking means for preventing such lifting of the magazines, and means for rendering said locking to the assembling devices.

10..In a typographical machine, the comblnation of assembling devices, a plurality of superposed ma azines, and means for raising means actuated by the magazine raising and iowering meansfor moving the latch to inactive position when the lorvermost magazine 1s brought into operative relation to the assembling devices.

YL11 In a ltypograpli-ical machine, the com- 125 .bination of a plurality of superposed inclined magazines a shift frame in which the magazines are removably mounted, means for raisy iing and' lowering the shift frame, and means for-guiding the shift frame in its up and latch cooperating 80 means inactive when the lowermost '105 Vmagazine les `brought into operative relation devices, the said means com- 115 down movements, said guiding means comprising two pairs of parallel tracks formed on the shift frame, one pair at the front and one pair at the rear, and a further pair of parallel tracks formed on the shift frame at the bottom and intermediate the front and rear tracks, stationarily mounted rollers arranged in running contact with the front and rear frame tracks, and a stationary guide arranged in sliding contact with the intermediate frame tracks.

12. In a typographical machine, the combination of magazine shifting means, an operating handle therefor provided With a spring actuated detent, a locking plate having a recess wherein the detent is adapted to engage, and means for moving the locking plate into and out of engaging relation to the spring actuated detent, said means comprising a rotary member operated by the magazine shifting means and connections therefrom to the locking plate.

13. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of magazines, a pair of rotary cams for shifting the magazines to bring one or another into operative position, a transverse rock shaft upon which the cams are mounted, an operating handle mounted independently of the rock shaft, gearing connecting the handle with the rock shaft, said gearing being so proportioned that the operating handle will occupy the same position after each of its operations, a locking plate to engage and hold the operating handle in its operated position, and a rotary member operated by the gearing for moving the locking plate to and from its active position.

14. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of magazines, means for shifting the magazines to bring one or another into operative position and including an operating handle, a locking plate to hold the handle in its operated position, and means operated directly by the magazine shifting means for moving the locking plate to and from its active position.

15. In a typographical machine, the combination of a magazine, a base frame whereon the magazine is removably mounted, means for supporting the magazine on the base frame, and a pair of beveled guides fixed to the frame base frame at its opposite edges and serving to center the magazine on the base frame as it is placed thereon, said guides being distinct from the magazine supporting means.

16. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of magazines, a rigid shift frame comprising a corresponding plurality of base frames upon which the magazines are removably mounted, means for supporting the magazine on the base frame, and fixed abutments located on the opposite side members of the shift frame in position to engage the opposite edges of the individual magazines to locate them in their roper central position Within the shift rame, said guides being distinct from the magazine supporting means.

17. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of short magazines, a channeled conductor leading thereto from the distributing mechanism, a shift frame wherein the magazines are mounted` a relatively fixed supporting frame upon which the channeled conductor is located, and means mounted in the su porting frame and connected to the shift iliame for raising and lowering the same, said supporting frame being pivoted at its upper end1 whereby the entire magazine structure may be swung upwardly to facilitate the removal of the lowermost magazine.

In testimony whereof, this specification has been duly signed by:

HAROLD A. BURT. 

